Improvement in sewing-case and pocket-book combined



:titled tant @tout P. W. LAMBERT, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

. Letters Patent No. 90,276, dated May 18, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-CASE AND POCKET-BOOK COMBINED.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom tt 'may concern:

Be it known that I, P. W. LAMBERT, of the city, county, and Stat-e of'New York, have invented a new and improved Sewing-Gase and Pocket-BookGombined; and I do hereby decla-re the following to be a` full, clear,andexact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being.,r had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part 0f this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1represents a sectional view of this invention, when the pocket-book isopen, and the sewingcase closed.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same, when the pocket-book is closed,and the needle-cushion drawn out.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of a tubular sewing-case, inthe bight of a pocket-book, said sewing-case containing a sliding needlecushion, end room for a spool of thread, and for a thimble, in such amanner that access to the utensils contained in the sewing-case can behad when the pocket-book is closed, as well as when it is opened, andthat the sewing-ease does not in any way interfere with the ordinary useof the pocket-book.

A represents a pocket-book. ot' any convenient' construction.

In the fold 01 bight of this pocket-book I apply a tubular sewing-case,B, which is provided at one end with a needle-cushion, c, secured to apin, b, that projects beyond the tube B, and is furnished with a head,

c, so that by pulling the hea-d the needle-cushion can be withdrawn tothe position shown in iig. 2.

The needles or pins are stuck into the cushion in au oblique position,so that the same will be compressed when the cushion is pushed into itstube, as shown in iig. 1, and that they will expand when the cushion iswithdrawn, as shown in fig. 2, assuming a convenient position to betaken ont for use.

The end of the tube B, opposite that occupied by the needle-cushion,affords room for a spool of thread, d, and for a thimble, e, the thimhlebeing of such a size that it ts nicely into the end of the tube B, andforms a. cover, preventing the spool from dropping out.

By these means, a pocket-book and sewing-case are colnbined in aconvenient manner, so that neither the sewing-case interferes with theordinary use and convenience of the pocket-book, nor the pocket-bookwith that of the sewing-case, and that the articles contained in thesewing-case can be used' when the pocket-book is closed, as well as whenit is open.

Having thus described my invention,

That I claim as newrand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tubular .sewing-case B, containing a needlecushion, a spool, and athimble, in combination with the pocket-book A, and secured'to the samein the manner shown and described.

P. W. LAMBERT. Witnesses:

" W. HAUFF,

Gnus. WAHLEBS.

